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WBCPCR pitches hands-on climate projects for school students

Kolkata, Dec. 28 -- West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) has proposed a hands-on environmental project for school students to be undertaken during vacations, aimed at helping... Read More


Transport dept to mark 10 yrs of 'Safe Drive Save Life' with cricket match

Kolkata, Dec. 25 -- The Transport Department will mark a decade of the 'Safe Drive Save Life' initiative, launched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2016, by organising a two-day cricket tournament... Read More


KMC to set up eco-friendly dog pound near Dhapa

Kolkata, Dec. 23 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set the process in motion for establishing an eco-friendly dog pound on vacant wetland land beside Dhapa, with the committee constituted... Read More


Gangasagar Mela: Dredged canal clay used for beach reclamation

Kolkata, Dec. 22 -- For the first time this year, the district administration has used dredged material from six canals in the Sagar Islands for beach reclamation ahead of the Gangasagar Mela in Janua... Read More


State commissions new Banglar Dairy milk plant in Nadia

Kolkata, Dec. 21 -- The Animal Resources Development (ARD) department has commissioned a new state-of-the-art Banglar Dairy milk processing and milk products plant at its Haringhata campus in Nadia. ... Read More


Ham radio operators reunite woman with family after 14 years in prison

Kolkata, Dec. 21 -- The ham radio operators in Bengal have been instrumental in uniting a woman with her husband based in Bengaluru after having served 14 years of rigorous imprisonment on murder char... Read More


Bengal to build about 1,759 km roads using plastic waste

Kolkata, Dec. 21 -- Under the Pathashree-Rastashree project this year, the Panchayats and Rural Development (P&RD) department has received sanction to construct 1,759.619 km of bituminous roads across... Read More


City's 44A bus service linking Sector V & Howrah suspended indefinitely

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- A major Kolkata city bus service of route 44 A, that connects Salt Lake Sector V with Howrah Station indefinitely shut down with effect from Friday after allegedly facing harassmen... Read More


Bengal unveils Mini Cinema Policy for film screening in rural, suburban areas

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- The West Bengal government has unveiled the West Bengal Mini Cinema Policy, aimed at accelerating the growth of the film industry and creating a new screening ambience, particularl... Read More


Progressive initiative: State to mentor colleges for improved NIRF rankings

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Higher Education Department will shortly roll out a mentorship programme aimed at increasing the number of colleges from West Bengal featuring in the National Institutional Ran... Read More